I thought to make an AU RP.
I thought to make one that has been thought-out, had a decent enough backstory to it, and one that people who join in could help expand on.
Well, this was the result.

One United Session [Sburb/Sgrub AU]

Humans and Trolls live on two different planets in the same solar system. Earth, third planet from the sun, and Alternia, fourth planet from the sun and one that has replaced Mars in this Timeline. The alliance between the two races is a long standing one going back over a thousand years to shortly after Her Imperial Condescension’s, Meenah Peixes, coronation as Empress.

Then came the superpowered individuals known by varying names, depending on where one lived. Across species, however, one name stuck. Dreamers. They gained many Perks over time, most often aligned to one of twelve Aspects, and the manner in which these powers can be used, while broad and given creative liberties, fall under a Class.

It took many years for this information to be learned and shared on both sides, as these individuals do not often broadcast that they have them, or use them under an alias. All the governments of both Trolls and Humanity have been able to gather about why they’ve appeared so suddenly, is scattered pieces of a puzzle they’re trying to solve. Something called Horrorterrors that a few of them mentioned while “Strifing” with each other or military/government personnel. Skaia, which they all have mentioned at least once. Derse and Prospit which, with the associated word of Dreamer, is where the title came from.

They fight ink-like monsters that come from who knows where, accumulating a type of currency that is rarely spotted and poorly understood. They can warp to and from a place they call their “Land” which it seems every individual has. Each and every single one of them is a part of the same “Session”. A Game, some call it. A nightmare, an opportunity, an ultimatum, others claim.

Governments are trying to capture and contain these Dreamers so that they can find out just what is going on. Too bad it might be a while (a long, long time if some can help it) before that can happen.

RULES and GUIDELINES (updated as needed)

Both Canon and OC characters accepted.

Four and Six/Seven letter names for the Kids. Six and Six letter names for the trolls.

Discord server nicknames set to your character's chumhandle.

One character per person, please. More people means more fun and more shenanigans. NPC's are allowed though.

THE MEDIUM (and other game mechanics) (updated as needed)

The Medium is like a second layer to the real world. Skaia is at the center and in this case, acts as the sun does for our solar system. Lands are therefore planets that orbit it with the Furthest Ring being more like the Kuiper belt than the asteroid belt. Prospit is a planet and moon combo that orbits closest to Skaia, while Derse is one that orbits at the inner edge of the Furthest Ring.

Clones of each Dreamer reside on either Prospit or Derse and only awaken once the Dreamer is asleep. These other selves are restricted to their planet unless their original self dies and is kissed before 24 Earth hours have passed. They can be killed as well though, so take care that a Dersite agent does not get sent to kill you.

That said, each Land has a breathable atmosphere and liquid water, but food aside from what consorts (all of them must be some species of reptile or amphibian) grow is hard to come by. Hence, the ability to travel back and forth.

Beware, monsters can attack anyone anywhere. Some are more intelligent than others, to, so watch out for those who might try to kill your family/quadrants/lusus to get to you.

Sprites are about two feet high and follow you pretty much wherever you go. They cannot die, but they cannot fight with you and are limited in how much support/help they can give. To be able to enter the Medium, one must prototype their Sprite at least once. Failure to do so halts your progression and makes you a bigger target for the monsters (and other shenanigans that will try to kill you).

Boons are the currency that consorts use, boon bucks is just a silly nickname for it.

The only requirement that governments have observed so far is that one must be at least thirteen years old (or 6 and a half sweeps as Alternians only count a “birthday” roughly every two Earth years). You can be older and the legal guardian(s) of the younger children are more often than not people who become Dreamers themselves.

Ascension to God Tier happens the usual way, dying upon one’s Quest Bed, however now there is a third location that may be sought out. Scattered Quest Beds throughout both Earth and Alternia, according to Aspect, can be sought out. Be wary though as even though these beds are protected from damage or relocation until you ascend, there will likely be people watching you, somehow, as these beds can be anywhere.

Dying after Ascension is defined again by Heroism or Justice for one’s actions. If neither one of these conditions are met, the Ascended will revive within 24 Earth hours.

Ascending does not mean you don’t have to eat, drink, or sleep. It does not mean you have an infinite amount of power at your disposal. It does not mean, for Time Dreamers, that you can time travel to get around any of the above.

The Sprites know what the point of all this is. They know why the Game has been twisted this much. The Game has changed for this universe, they crow. One United Session, they whisper. Multiple frogs, multiple universes able to spawn from the one, now. Whether you succeed with many, or with just one, or fail utterly is now up to all of you. Create the universes which you will inherit or this universe will die and the Game will Reset back to its original programming.

Grist and Alchemy are still the same except for Alchemy only being able to be done at alchemy stations, so if you're going off into a dungeon be sure to be over prepared rather than under.

The link between Server and Client is still needed to build and manipulate things for the house structure on the client's land. This link, for the building aspect, would allow the server to see "through the client's eyes" but not have direct control. They provide the direction and the ability to actually assemble the thing while the client is the one that's physically there to do so and provides the material to build with. This link is most often seen as pairs, duos, and not a continuous chain, even though it can be. As this link is needed to also build a number of other devices as well.

The chain, if used, is limited to twelve people and newcomers are always added to it in pairs. Any more than twelve and the chain would be too weak, stretched too thin, to hold onto the newcomers and would snap back to the twelve already there (sometimes painful, often described as a slap to the face). As there can be hundreds of Dreamers across both species, this makes sense since having a chain that big would just dissolve into chaos.

Even though the planets aren't destroyed, the Dreamer's house is. Dreamers have to build their own shelters/houses in their Land using Grist.

There is still a deadline that must be met with the Reckoning and killing the Black King and Queen but it's more linear and the consequences for failure are, pretty much the death/destruction of this universe.

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION (updated as needed)

Meenah rules with an iron fist but has no beef with the humans, thinks they're cool even if they're off spectrum. Feferi is the Heiress. The Vast Glub only affects trolls, not humans. This may lend to the reason why they have an alliance in the first place.

Name: Alie Ellington
Species: Human
Age: 16
Gender: female
Title: Maid of Breath
Land: Land of Turbulence and Shifts (LOTAS)
Dream Moon: Prospit
Consorts: Pink Salamanders
Denizen: Typheus
Guardian: Pops
personality: the first thing to know about alie is she is a musician, she plays the trombone and piano, and even sings a bit. her favorite type of music to play, and in general, is jazz. the next big thing to note about her, is that she loves adventure. she hates it how school keeps her cooped up in a class room doing the same stuff everyday, when she would rather be out side, in the mountains seeing what kind of danger she can get herself into, or in the local lake, snorkeling and sing what kinds of things she can find in there. the last thing to note about her, is while she doesn't have a ton of friends, they are all scattered about a ton of friend groups, each with their own inside jokes, and as such, she may use an inside joke with the wrong group of friends every now and again.

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Name: Elacan Rocapt (His first name is chunked out of co"elacan"th, and the second is a little rearrangement of the coelacanth family, Sa"rcopt"erygii (just added an a and swapped the o))
Species: Troll (fuchsia blooded)
Age: 7.5 solar sweeps (about 16 years)
Gender: Male
Title: Prince of Life
Land: Land of Night and Dragons (LONAD)
Dream Moon: Prospit
Consorts: Purple Jackson's Chameleons
Denizen: Nix
Guardian: Glboglyb technically, but it's mostly a custodian fishdad, since he's not the main heir

Name: Elacan Rocapt (His first name is chunked out of co"elacan"th, and the second is a little rearrangement of the coelacanth family, Sa"rcopt"erygii (just added an a and swapped the o))
Species: Troll (fuchsia blooded)
Age: 7.5 solar sweeps (about 16 years)
Gender: Male
Title: Prince of Life
Land: Land of Night and Dragons (LONAD)
Dream Moon: Prospit
Consorts: Purple Jackson's Chameleons
Denizen: Nix
Guardian: Glboglyb technically, but it's mostly a custodian fishdad, since he's not the main heir

(09-03-2017 02:41 AM)Cealvan Wrote: so one question, how does a "dreamer" first learn of their abilities to (teleport?) to their land, and what not?

Good question, forgot to elaborate on that.
They first teleport to their land after prototyping their sprite once (haven't quiiite figured out how their sprite first appears/arrives just yet) and get their Entry Item (like John's apple). Once in their land they'd have to build something in order to go back, like a stationary two-way teleporter or a mobile one or something.
They'd first learn that they're a Dreamer either by one of the more minor powers popped up (crazy accurate internal clock for Time, etc) or that their sprite (before prototype, just a colored floating orb) shows up.